Christa Newman has been declared the winner of the BookView Café’s Extraordinary Steampunk Photo Contest. Newman will receive copies of The Shadow Conspiracy: Tales of the Steam Age, volumes one and two for her picture of a leather apron clad steampunk diva. Randolph Fritz took second prize and readers’ choice.

BookViewCafe is holding a contest for the best short story sent by Twitter. Each entry must be shorter than 126 characters and should focus on the theme of Elf Meets Vampire. All stories should be submitted between 9 AM EST on April 10 and 9 PM EST on April 12. The winner, selected by judges Pati Nagle, Jennifer Stevenson and Sarah Zettel, will receive an autographed copy of Patricia Nagle’s new novel Te Betrayal.